Sleepless nights are costing the small Canadian province of Quebec, population 7 million-plus, more than $6.5 billion annually, new research shows.
No doubt, sleepless nights from Seattle to Tampa are costing the United States, population 300 million-plus, much more.
Insomnia becomes a secondary diagnosis, discovered only while physicians treat other, related disorders such as anxiety and depression. […]

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An article published electronically in the scientific journal “Acta Paediatrica”, describes  how heart rate and sleep in boys are affected by violent video games. Researchers from Stockholm University, Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have worked together with this study.
The study results show that the autonomous nerve system, and thereby central physiological systems in […]

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Men who suffer from sleep apnea, often also have trouble getting sexually aroused, research on mice at the University of Louisville indicates.
The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found even after six weeks’ recovery time with standard oxygen levels, mice exposed to chronic intermittent hypoxia for as little as […]

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Men with sleep apnea may suffer from a treatable form of erectile dysfunction caused by regular deprivation of oxygen experienced during these episodes of obstructed breathing, a new report says.
University of Louisville researchers found that, in a study of mice, one week of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) — the lack of oxygen suffered during obstructive […]

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 A study in the August 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that people with severe sleep apnea have a much higher mortality risk than people without sleep apnea, and this risk increases when sleep apnea is untreated.
Results show that people who have severe sleep apnea, which involves frequent breathing pauses during sleep, have three […]

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A new study at the University of Minnesota suggests that older men with abnormal sleeping patterns may face a higher risk of death.
The researchers didn’t calculate how many years earlier the subjects died if they had abnormal sleeping patterns. The study also doesn’t make it clear if night owls or early birds are at risk, […]

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Disrupted rest and activity rhythms are associated with increased mortality rates among older men, University of Minnesota researchers have determined.
Principal investigator Misti Paudel had a group of about 3,000 men age 67 and older tested for rest and activity biological rhythms via a wrist device called an actigraph. The device tracked participants’ movement, including the […]

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A recent study at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taiwan) suggests that partial or complete blockage of nasal passage causes snoring, fragmented sleep and daytime fatigue. Then, those people who went in for surgery to clear such obstructions not only experienced relief from the condition described as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but also felt much […]

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Scientists claim that a daily pill may help spouses of  sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA) sufferers no more spending sleepless nights. OSA is a condition that causes people to stop breathing sporadically during sleep, often making them excessively tired and moody.
Around one in every 20 middle-aged men and one in 50 women suffer from the common […]

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A new study at Hasbro Children’s Hospital reveals a closer look at the association between childhood sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), including snoring and sleep apnea, and behavioral problems like hyperactivity and anxiety.
Published in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, the study concluded that children with SDB who are also overweight, sleep for […]

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